Thursday 11 April 2013

The Curse of the Second Guess

There are times during the construction that you look at your Creation and Wonder ?
Does that look right? , Should that be Straighter , Bendier ,Smaller or Bigger , Does what looked right  on a piece of paper or a Computer Screen really translate when it forges it way , full size in the real 3D world . You just keep going saying quietly to yourself that your sure its supposed to look this way , even though those niggley questions rattle around in the back of the head to annoy you !.



But slowely it grows on you , Your 3d creation starts to fill in , and you feel more at ease .
Framing for this section is almost complete , just a bit more tidy-up planing to get things nice ,true and ready for the 2 skins of plywood to skin the beast . This framing has been slower than expected , mostly due the laminated stringers,chines and gunwales etc ( only had so many G clamps ) , the next 3 sections ( rest of the Port Hull ) should be quicker as these members will be single pieces of solid timber as there is much less bend and twist to deal with .
Three months down , three more to go for this first section , and then hopefully 4 months for each of the sections to follow , Then all again for the Starboard hull  . Connect the pieces then my creation hits the water , and then the Hard work starts , but hopefully that will be full-time construction rather than this part-time stuff .  There must be easier ways to retire !!

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